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SE1437 : Ellis Briggs's old cycle shop, Otley Road, Shipley, Yorkshire Now occupied by the "Noble Comb" restaurant. The Noble Comb is an item of preparation machinery used in combing wool fibres in worsted production. Examples may be seen at Coldharbour Mill, Uffculme. I presume this is the origin of the name, given its location in the woollen heartland. It might even be explained therein.